telonium

Latin

Alternative forms

• telōneum (collateral)
• tolōnium (Late Latin, prescriptive)
• tolōneum (Late Latin, proscribed)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-

Proto-Hellenic *kʷélos

Ancient Greek τέλος (télos)

Ancient Greek ὠνέομαι (ōnéomai)

Ancient Greek τελώνης (telṓnēs)

Proto-Indo-European *-yóm

Proto-Hellenic

Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)

Ancient Greek τελώνῐον (telṓnĭon)der.

Latin telonium

Derived from Ancient Greek τελώνῐον (telṓnĭon), from τελώνης (telṓnēs) + -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɛˈɫoː.ni.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [teˈlɔː.ni.um]

Noun

telōnium n (genitive telōniī or telōnī); second declension

1. toll booth
2. custom house
3. tariff
   • 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Sinae telonia mercibus Americanis imposuerunt [1], Nuntii Latini 6.4.2018:

     Sinae telonia mercibus Americanis imposuerunt.

     The Chinese have imposed tariffs on American goods.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	telōnium	telōnia
genitive	telōniī telōnī1	telōniōrum
dative	telōniō	telōniīs
accusative	telōnium	telōnia
ablative	telōniō	telōniīs
vocative	telōnium	telōnia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• telōniārius/telōnārius
  • Old High German: zolōnāri
    • Middle High German: zolnære
      • German: Zöllner
        • → Slovincian: celnorz

Descendants

• → English: thelony
• French: tonlieu

References

• “telonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “telonium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.